The Wildcats, who reported for camp Friday, will hit the practice field Saturday at 5:30 for the official on-field beginning of fall camp. The session, like all Rich Rodriguez-led practices will be fast and hectic with a lot of yelling, swearing and teaching.

Oh, and it will feature a Rodriguez staple — a mid-practice popsicle break, where everyone gets a chance to catch their breath. Make it to that point and you're golden.

"(Saturday) is going to be a shock (for the freshmen) with how quickly we go through practice and how quickly practice moves," Phillips said Friday. "We're full-go the entire camp. From the first practice to the last one, it's one speed. I didn't know what to expect last year. I didn't know what the grind was going to be."

The grind, as Phillips calls it, will be a busy one. Arizona will practice 23 times in 22 days leading up to the week of its season opener against UNLV. Mixed around the practices will be film sessions, position meetings, weight-room workouts and trips to the trainer.

"This is when we come together as a family," safety Will Parks said. "This is when we just put our heads down and work hard and come together as a team. That's probably the best part of camp, just coming together as that family."

Of course, the next three-plus weeks aren't just about bonding and improving team chemistry. The Wildcats need to evaluate what they have and make sure they're "getting better every practice and not standing still" as Rodriguez often says.

It's also a time to finally start answering some questions. And you already know the first one: Who's the quarterback going to be? We still probably won't know until the last few days before the UNLV game, but the answer will start to become clearer beginning Saturday.

"We want to know who it is, but at the end of the day, all of them are good," Phillips said. "If they weren't good, they wouldn't be here. Our biggest thing is just to get chemistry with whoever it is.

"At the time when Coach Rodriguez announces who our starter is going to be, that's going to be our guy."

There are plenty of other questions to be examined over the next week.